.fwf Files in R

Hey everyone, just a quick question about .fwf files. In .fwf files, does each COLUMN have a set number of characters, or does each ROW have a set number of character? Kind of confused about that. Thank you.

For a simple .csv file I think each column has a width

Create data file as fix.csv file

122333444455555
122333444455555

Read in

dat1 <- read.fwf("fix.csv", widths = c(1,2,3,4,5))

Have a look at read.fwf function - RDocumentation

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